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Stellar blast watched in real time

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Telescope spots supernova explosion as it unfolds.

When stars explode, they generally do it so quickly that astronomers only spy the remnants of the event. But in a rare stroke of luck, a satellite has caught the X-ray burst of a dying star as the event actually unfolded.

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  1. [Author]Soderberg, A. M.[/Author] et al. [Journal Title]Nature[/Journal Title] [Volume]453,[/Volume] [Pages]469–474[/Pages] ([Year]2008[/Year]).

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  1. Geoff Brumfiel
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Brumfiel, G. Stellar blast watched in real time. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.847

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